Liverpool fans react as injured Alexander-Arnold withdraws from England duty

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Trent Alexander-Arnold has pulled out of the England squad with a back injury (via the official FA website).

The Liverpool defender will not take part in either of the Three Lions’ games against the Czech Republic and Montenegro, and will instead return to his club for treatment.

Apparently the defender has been carrying the issue since the win over Burnley on March 10.

The full-back reported for duty at St. Georges’ Park in a bid to prove his fitness, but staff weren’t willing to take any chances.

He is the fifth player to drop out of Gareth Southgate’s squad after Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Fabian Delph, Luke Shaw and John Stones also withdrew.

It is frustrating for Alexander-Arnold, who must have fancied his chances of adding to his five England caps.

He has been in brilliant form of late and the player will be disappointed to miss out.

Liverpool fans react

Some Liverpool fans on Twitter were actually pleased to see their man leave the England setup, with Liverpool battling it out in both the Premier League title race and the Champions League.

He is the third Liverpool player to withdraw from international duty after Andy Robertson (Scotland, dental) and Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland, groin), and some jokingly implied that there wasn’t much of an injury to the 20-year-old, and that Jurgen Klopp had cunningly sent for his return: